Photo by Sanford Myers for General Motors In a time of steadily slowing sales across the board, most news out of the US production plants isn’t great. Usually, it’s a story about how in the face of dropping sales, the automaker is suspending production or laying off workers. However, happy news is coming out of…
Since it was revealed that Volkswagen placed devices specifically made to fool laboratory emissions tests, the automotive industry has been rocked by a wild storm of investigations and commentary. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn took part in the last of these, implying that many people at VW must have known about the cheating devices, because it…
©GM As one of the writers who covers Chevrolet and General Motors news here at The News Wheel, I read an awful lot about Mary Barra. In case you haven’t heard, Ms. Barra is the CEO of General Motors who got her start as an engineer at a Pontiac plant. CEO is an impressive enough job…
While the rest of the automotive industry is moving forward with high-tech hybrids and self-driving cars, Dodge is keeping it old school—and it looks like it’s working for the American carmaker. Through a combination of high-octane power and classic styling, the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat has made a lasting impression on the industry. So…
People come and go from the limelight in the automotive industry like celebrities each with their 15 minutes of fame, but some names have persisted over the years and become power players in the market. If you don’t follow the inner working of the auto industry, make sure you at least know who these trade…
Al Capone’s Car – Photo: Kate Skegg Al Capone was a notorious gangster who made his fortune and national fame during the prohibition era. So what does the world’s most notorious gangster drive? A 1928 Cadillac Model 341A Town Sedan, of course. It’s no coincidence that Al Capone’s car was a souped-up Cadillac – Cadillac was…
2014 Canyonero Hybrid The LA Auto Show isn’t for another 11 days, and though we know that there will be a multitude of reveals there, it’s going to be awful hard for anybody to top the revelation of the Canyonero Hybrid on last night’s episode of The Simpsons. Jalopnik’s resident eagle eye Jason Torchinsky spotted…
Dan Aykroyd as Zombie Elwood Blues in Blues Brothers 2000, an unholy attempt at resurrecting a dead film property It’s always a bit depressing to watch the inexorable march of time turn once-hip Saturday Night Live stars into paunchy movie dads. As the first host of Weekend Update, 1975-era Chevy Chase was the country’s preeminent…
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